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A photograph of a ritual blessing. A figure in a rust-red garment with a gold-bead necklace and a sandalwood-and-vibhuti forehead mark stands with his back partly turned, placing his right hand on the forehead of a smiling man with grey hair tied back. The recipient wears a white kurta, an orange-red shawl and multiple strands of rudraksha mala, with gold bangles on his wrist. The giver holds a folded paper in his left hand. Behind them stands a polished silver staff or ritual rod and a gold vessel in the foreground. Yellow fabric hangs in the background. The gesture appears to be a blessing or initiation touch.

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